Province:       

Anhui

Official Name:

ānhuīshěng

Status:

Province

Chinese Characters:

Population Figure:    

approx. 60 million

Area:

139,000 square kilometers

Location:       

Southeast-China

Tourists can reach this province from Hangzhou or Shanghai

Adjacent provinces: Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong and Zhejiang

Capital City:

Hefei

Postcode:

230001

Sights:

Huangshan (yellow mountain) near the town Tunxi (Huangshan Shi), has one of the most beautiful sceneries in China. In the early morning there are already masses of Chinese tourists to admire the sunrise.

General Information:           

Anhui was founded at the beginning of the Qing-Dynasty and its borders have only changed a little since then.

The population consists mainly of Han-Chinese; the two largest minorities are the She and the Hui.

Of great importance to the province are the Huai-River, the capital Hefei and the city Tunxi.

Links:

http://www.ah.gov.cn/:
Official website of the province Anhui
http://www.china.org.cn/:
China Internet Information Center